CALENDAR RAFFLE
SOLD BY: Jim Bailey
SOLD TO: Jamie Tanch
VISITING ROTARIANS AND GUESTS
Tonya DeGenova, President of the Marblehead Club, was a visitor.
Gail Hough from the Marblehead Club was also a visitor.
Dennis Knight from the Salvation Army was a guest of Viktoria Talebian.
Gary Whear, brother of Bruce Whear, was a guest.
Mike Wheeler, a former member, was a guest of Bill Henning.
The four officers of Early Act at the Phoenix School were guests of Betsye Sargent.
FINES AND RECOGNITIONS
Randy Burba requested sponsorship assistance for his trip to rural Jamaica where he will provide dental work to communities in need of care. Flyers will be on the tables during lunch.
Bill Henning noted the recent Salem News article on Beverly Bank being more "Cooperative."
Brenda Smith will be competing in her 10th Ironman. She completed back-to-back 100 training rides last weekend...ouch!
Mike McLaughlin traveled to the Outer Banks of NC and went hang gliding.
Bruce Whear attended a family weekend at his brother's B&B in Maine.
Viktoria Talebian announced the calendar will be ready by September 30th...Viktoria will also be braving the Pittbull concert this Sunday.
Juli Lederhaus won the putting contest at the Salem/Rotary outing.
Rich Eisner reported on two Salem youth hockey victories.
BIRTHDAYS
Happy birthday to Mary Ann Lyons on September 23, and to Jim Robinson on September 25th!
THIS WEEK'S SPEAKER
This week, our speaker was native Salem resident and author of "Fat Boy, Skinny Man", Michael Prager. Michael is the son of long time Salem Rotarian, Bob Prager.
Michael took the club through the journey of his life starting as an overweight child, teenager, and young adult who eventually discovered that his key to weight management was not "dieting", but rather a sustainable lifestyle that allowed him to drop weight and keep it off. Prior to his sustainable awakening, Michael had lost and gained over 500 lbs. over the 20 years of dieting, losing 100 lbs. three different times in his life - only to eventually gain the weight back. Michael is a self-proclaimed "Dieting Champion."
Michael's presentation progressed into the idea of applying the notion of sustainability to not just our environment and natural resources, but to any aspect of life where nature organically adapts itself to develop, survive, and/or sustain life. This idea of "natural progression" allowed Michael to formulate a life without dieting and live in a "normal sized body" over the past 23 years. Since his adaption of this idea, Michael got his first girlfriend (in his mid-30's), got married, and started a family.
